The Cartel Part 2: A Thin Line

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The view of Miami from 20 story's up in the air never seemed to get old to Paris, even though she was in the midst of a very elite dinner party on the roof of one of Miami's finest hotels the breeze in the air and the sound of the ocean seemed to calm her .. She was on her second glass of wine and she was starting to wish they had something harder being served. While Kelsey was a wine type of girl.. Paris was all for the hard liquor but at the moment she took what she could get, especially considering the last thing she needed to be was drunk in front of all of Shane & Shamar's business partners ..

"How many glasses have you had ?" She heard Kelsey's voice from behind her causing her to turn around ..

Giggling, she embraced her sister in law into a tight hug "About fuckin time .." Paris whispered as she looked around to make sure no one heard her "This is my 2nd glass, and I was bored out of my fucking mind .. thank God you're here .. I don't know how you got through these dinners alone before I came along .." She said

Laughing, Kelsey sighed "Well, Shane alternated his hoes back then.. I never knew which one he was bringing and one was always more interesting than the other so trust me .. I was entertained .." She replied

Rolling her eyes, Paris shook her head "He had whore written all over him when I met him, and my ass still gave him some .." Guzzling down the rest of her wine, Paris looked for him in the crowd while Kelsey laughed

Reaching for a champagne glass, Kelsey helped herself to the bottle of Ace of Spades that sat near by .."How's it going ?" She asked

Shrugging, Paris smirked "The hell if I know, I've been keeping my distance .." She replied as she refilled her glass ..

Taking her glass to the head, Kelsey took the bottle of Ace of Spades from Paris' hand and poured her another glass .. Frowning, Paris sipped on her drink .."You alright ?" She asked

"Mmmhhm" Kels replied

"Have you thought more about what you're gonna do ?" Paris asked

"I've been thinking about it, and I still want the same thing .. I just don't want to do anything until I'm 100% sure .." She replied

Nodding, Paris agreed "Well whatever you wanna do, just let me know .." Looking over at Shane she watched as he looked back at her and winked causing her to smile ..

"You sure Paris ? I'm not trying to get you caught up in my mess .. Don't get it twisted !! I've put up money, every time he gave me a band of his guilt money I put some of it up, it's not much but it's something .." She said

Shaking her head, Paris guzzled down the rest of her wine "No ma'am, you put it up and you keep it up until you really need it .. I'll handle anything you need .. and I can deal with Shane later .." She replied

Smiling, Kelsey felt herself tearing up .. The thought of leaving Shamar was the scariest thing in the world, even though they had their days she still loved him. She had been married to him for years, and a whole 3 kids later she still felt like he was who she belonged with .. But the fear of him one day killing her by accident is what drove her to leaving ..

"You know, the first time it happened .. I forgave him before I could even get up off of the floor. He was so shocked himself that I just knew he did it by accident, then the second time it was because of the way I was talking to him, the third time was because of the way I talked to him in front of Shane, 4th time it was because of the way I was dancing at the club, 5th time was because I was being too friendly with some guy at a business party .. and after that I kind of just was used to it .. an apology always came after.. he was the only person who was ever there for me .. EVER !!" Looking at Paris she now had tears running down her cheeks "How was I supposed to walk away, especially when at the time I really thought I was doing something wrong .. I became so submissive to him I thought it was normal, we started seeing a marriage counselor and even he said it was my fault .. and it's crazy because only recently did I realize he was capable of killing me .. " Wiping her tears Kelsey took another sip of her drink "Not on purpose but on accident, because the man he is when he's angry is not Shamar .. don't get me wrong, he loves me but when he gets mad.." Letting her voice trail off, Paris watched as she sort of went into a daze ..